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List of works by Zouhair Benkhaldoun

2I/Borisov: A C 2 -depleted interstellar comet

scientific article published in November 2019

A Global Fireball Observatory

A Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions

scientific article published on 11 April 2022

A dense ring of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar outside its Roche limit

scientific paper published in 2023

A helium P-Cygni profile in RR Lyrae stars?

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

A hot mini-Neptune and a temperate, highly eccentric sub-Saturn around the bright K-dwarf TOI-2134

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A meteorological and photometric study of the Oukaimeden site

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

A meteorological and photometric study of the Oukaimeden site. Comparison with the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos using Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle data

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A project of a two meter telescope in North Africa

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A robust method to identify meteor showers new parent bodies from the SonotaCo and EDMOND meteoroid orbit databases

scholarly article

A seven-planet resonant chain in TRAPPIST-1

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A seven-planet resonant chain in TRAPPIST-1

scientific article published in January 2017

A simple flux integration photometer for day time site testing at Oukaimeden

article by Z. Benkhaldoun et al published 1992 in Experimental Astronomy

A super-Earth and a mini-Neptune near the 2:1 MMR straddling the radius valley around the nearby mid-M dwarf TOI-2096

scientific article published on 31 March 2023

A super-Earth and a sub-Neptune orbiting the bright, quiet M3 dwarf TOI-1266

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A temperate Earth-sized planet with tidal heating transiting an M6 star

scientific article published on 17 May 2023

Aerosol characterization of Morocco with AERONET and intercomparison with satellite data: TOMS, MODIS and MISR

Aerosol columnar characterization in Morocco: ELT prospect

An M dwarf accompanied by a close-in giant orbiter with SPECULOOS

scientific article published in MNRAS:L in 2023

An analytical model for the 0.33 - 7.85 micron transmission spectrum of HD189733b : Effect of stellar spots

An extended low-density atmosphere around the Jupiter-sized planet WASP-193 b

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Another Shipment of Six Short-Period Giant Planets from TESS

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Another shipment of six short-period giant planets from TESS

scientific article published in May 2023

Application de la technique du SCIDAR généralisé aux étoiles simples

Assessment of the potential of the new Belgo-Moroccan telescope TRAPPIST-North for high-precision exoplanet transit photometry

Astroclimate at Jbel Aklim site in Moroccan anti-atlas: 2008-2010 seeing and isoplanatic angle statistics from the E-ELT site testing data

Astronomical extinction over the ELT Moroccan sites from aerosol satellite data

Attempt to assess astronomical ?seeing? using a model

article by Z. Benkhaldoun et al published 1996 in Astrophysics and Space Science

Circular aperture interferometric apodization using homothety - I. Simulation results

scholarly article

Climatologies of nighttime thermospheric winds and temperatures from Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements: From solar minimum to solar maximum

scholarly article

Climatology of thermospheric neutral winds over Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco

scholarly article by Mohamed Kaab et al published 30 January 2017 in Annales Geophysicae

Comparison of ionospheric anomalies over African equatorial/low-latitude region with IRI-2016 model predictions during the maximum phase of solar cycle 24

scientific article published in August 2021

Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton’s atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

scientific article

Correlation between TOMS aerosol index and astronomical extinction

Cross-calibration of DIMM monitors at Oukaimden observatory and Marrakesh site

Deep sky observations with Dome C optical interferometers

scholarly article published 14 June 2006

Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3

Discovery of a pre-cataclysmic binary with unusual chromaticity of the eclipsed white dwarf by the GPX survey

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Discovery of a young low-mass brown dwarf transiting a fast-rotating F-type star by the Galactic Plane eXoplanet (GPX) survey

Discovery of three new transiting hot Jupiters: WASP-161 b, WASP-163 b, and WASP-170 b

scientific article published in January 2019

Dust modelling and a dynamical study of comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak during its 2017 perihelion passage

scientific article published in January 2018

Dust properties of double-tailed active asteroid (6478) Gault

scientific article published in January 2019

E-ELT seeing and isoplanatic angle: comparison of Aklim site and El Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory

E-ELT: Isopistonic and isoplanatic angles at Aklim candidate site

ELT site prospect in Morocco: aerosol characterization

Effect of altitude on aerosol optical properties

European Extremely Large Telescope Site Characterization I: Overview

European Extremely Large Telescope Site Characterization III: Ground Meteorology

scholarly article by Antonia M. Varela published in April 2014

European Extremely Large Telescope Site Characterization. II. High Angular Resolution Parameters

European Extremely Large Telescope: Isopistonic Angle Measurements at Aklim Site

FRIPON: a worldwide network to track incoming meteoroids

scientific article published in December 2020

First Lunar Flashes Observed from Morocco (ILIAD Network): Implications for Lunar Seismology

article by Mamoun Ait Moulay Larbi et al published 4 March 2015 in Earth, Moon, and Planets

First characterization of Jbel Aklim in Moroccan Anti-Atlas as a potential site for the E-ELT

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

First characterization of Jbel Aklim in Moroccan Anti-Atlas as a potential site for the E-ELT

First statistics of the isopistonic angle for long baseline interferometry

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From Asteroids to Space Debris

Hierarchical fringe tracking

High resolution optical spectroscopy of the N2-rich comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)

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High-altitude wind velocity at Oukaimeden observatory

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Homogeneous internal structure of CM-like asteroid (41) Daphne

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Homothetic apodization of circular aperture HACA: simulation results

article published in 2010

Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets with JWST

scientific article published in May 2024

Influence of instrumental noise and defocus on the DIMM

Interferential seeing monitor

Interferential seeing monitor

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov as seen by MUSE: C$_2$, NH$_2$ and red CN detections

Isopistonic angle for multi-aperture interferometers from isoplanatic angle

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Limiting magnitude for Dome C optical interferometers

article by T. Elhalkouj et al published October 2005 in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Lower atmosphere and pressure evolution on Pluto from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988–2016

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M-type (22) Kalliope: A tiny Mercury

scientific article published in June 2022

Metallic line doubling in the spectra of the variable RR Lyrae star

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Meteorological parameters analysis above Oukaimeden Observatory using NCEP/NCAR data

Meteorological profiles and optical turbulence in the free atmosphere with NCEP/NCAR data at Oukaïmeden - I. Meteorological parameters analysis and tropospheric wind regimes

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Meteorological study of Aklim site in Morocco

Monitoring of comets activity and composition with the TRAPPIST-North telescope

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Monitoring of the activity and composition of comets 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak and 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

scientific article published in January 2018

Moroccan participation in the study of solar oscillations

Numerical simulations of a new approach for seeing measurement

scholarly article

OWL site survey: first seeing measurement with ADIMM

Optical seeing monitoring at the Oukaïmeden in the Moroccan high atlas mountains: first statistics

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Optical turbulence modeling in the boundary layer and free atmosphere using instrumented meteorological balloons

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Optical turbulence outer scale and coherence outer scale at different astronomical sites

Oukaimeden Observatory: detection of exoplanet HD 189733b by the transit method

Photometry of the Didymos System across the DART Impact Apparition

scientific article published in February 2024

Power and duration of impact flashes on the Moon: Implication for the cause of radiation

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Properties of sub-Neptune atmospheres: TOI-270 system

scientific article published on 2 May 2020

Qatar Exoplanet Survey: Qatar-8b, 9b, and 10b—A Hot Saturn and Two Hot Jupiters

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Quiet Time Ionopheric Irregularities Over the African Equatorial Ionization Anomaly Region

scientific article published in August 2020

Reactive collision of electrons with CO^+^ in cometary coma

scientific article published in January 2018

Refining the Transit-timing and Photometric Analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, Radii, Densities, Dynamics, and Ephemerides

scholarly article

Seeing, outer scale of optical turbulence, and coherence outer scale at different astronomical sites using instruments on meteorological balloons

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1

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Single star scidar: atmospheric parameters profiling using the simulated annealing algorithm

scholarly article

Stellar Parameters for Trappist-1

scientific article published in the Astrophysical Journal

Study of AERONET data of nearby stations in the Canary Islands: application to infer astronomical extinction coefficient at elevated altitudes

Study of the Plutino Object (208996) 2003 AZ84 from Stellar Occultations: Size, Shape, and Topographic Features

scientific article published in Astronomical Journal

Study of the clear time behavior on Oukaimeden observatory using the IRIS database

scientific article published in January 2004

Study of the clear time behavior on Oukaı̈meden observatory using the IRIS database

TESS Discovery of a Super-Earth and Three Sub-Neptunes Hosted by the Bright, Sun-like Star HD 108236

scientific article published on 25 January 2021

TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). IV. Three Small Planets Orbiting a 120 Myr Old Star in the Pisces–Eridanus Stream

scientific article published on 14 January 2021

TESS discovers a super-Earth orbiting the M dwarf star TOI-1680

TESS discovery of a sub-Neptune orbiting a mid-M dwarf TOI-2136

TESS discovery of a sub-Neptune orbiting a mid-M dwarf TOI-2136

scientific article published in August 2022

TOI 4201 b and TOI 5344 b: Discovery of Two Transiting Giant Planets around M-dwarf Stars and Revised Parameters for Three Others

scientific article published in October 2023

TOI-1259Ab – a gas giant planet with 2.7 per cent deep transits and a bound white dwarf companion

scientific article published on 27 July 2021

TOI-1442 b and TOI-2445 b: two ultra-short period super-Earths around M dwarfs

TOI-2084 b and TOI-4184 b: Two new sub-Neptunes around M dwarf stars

scientific article published on 30 August 2023

TOI-2257 b: A highly eccentric long-period sub-Neptune transiting a nearby M dwarf

scientific article published in January 2022

TOI-2266 b: A keystone super-Earth at the edge of the M dwarf radius valley

scientific article published in March 2024

TOI-3235 b: a transiting giant planet around an M4 dwarf star

TOI-4336 A b: A temperate sub-Neptune ripe for atmospheric characterization in a nearby triple M-dwarf system

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs

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The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Two planets on opposite sides of the radius gap transiting the nearby M dwarf LTT 3780

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The Continuing Search for Evidence of Tidal Orbital Decay of Hot Jupiters

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

The Discovery and Follow-up of Four Transiting Short-period Sub-Neptunes Orbiting M dwarfs

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The First Post-Kepler Brightness Dips of KIC 8462852

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The OTP-model applied to the Aklim site database

The Space Weather through a Multidisciplinary Scientific Approach

The TESS Grand Unified Hot Jupiter Survey. II. Twenty New Giant Planets

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The equilibrium shape of (65) Cybele: primordial or relic of a large impact?

The first optical characterization of the Oukaïmeden site with the Generalized Seeing Monitor (GSM)

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

The global oscillation network group site survey

The high optical brightness of the BlueWalker 3 satellite

scientific article published in November 2023

The impact crater at the origin of the Julia family detected with VLT/SPHERE?

scientific article published in January 2018

Thermospheric Dynamics in Quiet and Disturbed Conditions

Three hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass–radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181, and WASP-183

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Two New HATNet Hot Jupiters around A Stars and the First Glimpse at the Occurrence Rate of Hot Jupiters from TESS

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Two Transiting Hot Jupiters from the WASP Survey: WASP-150b and WASP-176b

article published in 2020

VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis

scientific article published in October 2021

VaTEST II: Statistical Validation of 16 Exoplanets of TESS

VaTEST III: Validation of eight potential super-earths from TESS data

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Validation of 13 Hot and Potentially Terrestrial TESS Planets

scholarly article

WASP-169, WASP-171, WASP-175, and WASP-182: three hot Jupiters and one bloated sub-Saturn mass planet discovered by WASP-South

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

WASP-180Ab: Doppler tomography of a hot Jupiter orbiting the primary star in a visual binary

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WASP-South hot Jupiters: WASP-178b, WASP-184b, WASP-185b, and WASP-192b

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

Warm Jupiters in TESS Full-frame Images: A Catalog and Observed Eccentricity Distribution for Year 1

scientific article published on 28 June 2021